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TEHRAN \u2013 At the request of the Venezuelan government, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Friday after U.S. military strikes on speed boats that have killed at least 21 people off Venezuela\u2019s coast in a span of one month. Members of the UNSC voiced concern over escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela, calling for dialogue to settle disputes.<\/p>\n
Venezuela\u2019s request for the emergency UNSC meeting came a day after Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted down\u00a0legislation that would have put a check on Trump\u2019s ability to use deadly military force against Venezuela under the pretext of the so-called drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
Venezuela\u2019s Ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada, called the U.S.\u2019s \u201cbelligerent action and rhetoric\u201d will lead to \u201can armed attack to be perpetrated against Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n
Islamic Republic\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei issued a statement on Friday condemning U.S. military attacks on fishing boats in the region. He called such actions \u201cprovocative and destabilizing,\u201d warning of the consequences of Washington\u2019s lawlessness.<\/p>\n
At the UNSC meeting, Russia and China also denounced the growing military presence in the southern Caribbean.\u00a0
The Russian UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia said that Venezuela \u201cfor several months now has been subjected to unprecedented pressure and threats of military invasion.\u201d<\/p>\n
China\u2019s UN envoy Fu Cong called the U.S. military venture \u201cunilateral and excessive,\u201d calling on the U.S. to immediately cease relevant acts to avoid escalation.<\/p>\n
Trump halts negotiations<\/strong><\/p>\n Richard Grenell, a special presidential envoy, has been leading negotiations with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other top Venezuelan officials.<\/p>\n Grenell has tried to fashion a deal that would avoid a larger conflict and give American companies access to Venezuelan oil, reports The New York Times.<\/p>\n During a meeting with senior military leaders on October 6, Trump instructed Grenell to halt all diplomatic outreach with Venezuela. Trump has ordered a major naval buildup off Venezuela\u2019s Caribbean coast in recent weeks. He has put three U.S. destroyers, an amphibious assault ship, a guided-missile cruiser, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, and a squadron of F-35s under Venezuela\u2019s nose. With such a massive military buildup, the question is whether Trump is planning to overthrow Venezuela\u2019s regime. No drug seizure operation needs such backup.<\/p>\n In America\u2019s urban \u201cwarzones\u201d, Trump has deployed troops in Memphis, Chicago, and Portland (following Los Angeles and Washington, DC). The military raid on a Chicago apartment block last week targeted Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang that Trump claims is run by Maduro.<\/p>\n Venezuela is nowhere close to being America\u2019s leading narcotics supplier. Yet Trump and his \u201csecretary of war,\u201d Pete Hegseth, insist that America\u2019s opioid epidemic is fueled by Venezuela.<\/p>\n None of America\u2019s fentanyl has been found to originate from Venezuela. Almost all of it comes from Mexico. America\u2019s largest source of cocaine is Colombia.\u00a0 Trump and Marco Rubio, his secretary of state, are gunning for regime change. Both are aware that Venezuela has the world\u2019s largest proven oil reserves.<\/p>\n The U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, recently doubled the bounty on Maduro\u2019s arrest to $50 million, accusing him of being \u201cone of the largest narco-traffickers in the world\u201d. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said the new reward was \u201cpathetic\u201d and labelled it \u201cpolitical propaganda\u201d.<\/p>\n Amid Trump\u2019s threats about striking targets on land, Chavismo is recruiting citizens in the event of a possible war scenario. Most of those who have volunteered are supporters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the ruling party.<\/p>\n Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Maria Corina Machado was awarded this year’s peace prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Machado was beaten by Maduro in the July 2024 Venezuelan presidential election. She has refused to accept her defeat and has been living in hiding after her political movement refused to recognize the election results.<\/p>\n The Iranian embassy in Caracas has criticized the Nobel Committee for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Machado. Writing on its X account on Saturday, the embassy called the Nobel prize \u201cnothing but a mockery of the true meaning of peace,\u201d IRNA reported.<\/p>\n The statement added that Machado has \u201cjustified the genocide in Gaza and advocates for foreign military aggression against Venezuela.\u201d\u00a0 Machado has supported Trump\u2019s military actions in the Caribbean and urged Trump to help oust Maduro.<\/p>\n In one of her last public appearances in Caracas, Machado told The Guardian that she was convinced that Maduro\u2019s days in power were numbered and \u201chis departure is irreversible.\u201d More than a year after her statement, Maduro remains in power, has retained support from Venezuela\u2019s military and key international backers, including China and Russia.
Pundits think the decision to call off diplomacy signals that the United States has plans to escalate military options for some kind of regime change operations.<\/p>\n
Every time a Venezuelan boat gets blown up, Trump claims to be saving 25,000 American lives. Last year, 54,743 Americans were killed by opioids. Trump claims a far higher figure of 300,000.<\/p>\n
Now the stage is being set for a performative Trump war.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n